Perks of the job

The only two good perks of my job at Blockbuster
are getting free movie rentals and the ability
to get new releases one or two weeks before they come out.

This week I have
Run Fat Boy, Run

This was my favorite of the three movies this week.
Simon Pegg is a riot.
I love his deadpan style of comedy.

His Dennis is always running from his problems
including his pregnant fiance' on their wedding day.

It's 5 years later and Dennis wants to win her back.
Problem is Libby has moved on to Whit.
Whit happens to be nearly perfect and runs in marathons for charity.

All Dennis has to do is register and run in the upcoming marathon
to prove that he has changed.
Accept, he is a bit over weight or as he calls himself, "I'm not fat I'm just unfit"
and he is a heavy smoker.
Oh and the race is only 3 weeks away.

So can Dennis run the race, win back Libby, and show his son
he is someone who doesn't run away from problems? We'll See.

This doesn't have the expected neat and tidy normal happy
ending these kind of movies usually get.
It does have an appropriate and very good ending.

4 stars out of 5
****

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Deception

This movie is a stinker
Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor
can't save this one from stinking.
There was nothing deceiving in the movie.
You can see the set up from a mile away.

Even the twist ending wasn't done right.

1 and a half stars out of 5

*1/2
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Leatherhead

This was a fun movie, but that might what I didn't like about it.
The movie couldn't decide if i was straight drama or a slapstick comedy.
The funny parts were funny and the drama parts were well acted.
I just wanted it to be one or the other.
It just didn't mix.

There really wasn't enough about the history of early football.
Game play was a bit to unrealistic and most of the characters
were just too cartoony and more like caricatures then actual people.

The superstar player switches teams right in the middle of the season
and only because of a casual mention
do we know how he ended up on the other team.

Anyway, John Krasinski from The Office is really good.
He was really funny in License to Wed, can't wait to what he has next.

George Clooney is also in it and he is the director of the movie.
3 1/2 stars out of 5.
***1/2
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I've added a link to a list of every movie I have seen this
year on the Places to go area.